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===Ibanez TAM100===
This is a bizarre wiring scheme. Like the Jem, it has 2 humbuckers and a middle single coil, but here the middle coil is not wired to operate by itself, only to "sweeten up" other pickups. Essentially, it is the same as the Jem's 5-way selector, except position 3 is both the neck and bridge pickups instead of the middle pickup. Positions 2 and 4 use one of the coils from one of the humbuckers plus the middle single-coil, with hum-canceling. There is also a mini-toggle switch that causes the humbuckers to operate as single-coil pickups. When using this mode and selecting position 3, you get the two inner coils of the humbuckers out-of-phase, for yet another wildly different sound.
=== Potentiometer and Capacitor Values ===
The resistance of the potentiometers will impact the tone of the pickups. First, the pickups wired directly to the output jack will give you the maximum output and brightness of the pickups - it's often best to connect them directly at first to hear what they sound like. Higher value potentiometers tend to sound most similar to direct wiring, retaining almost full brightness. For high-output humbuckers with a bright sound for metal tones, 500 K or 1 M pots are recommended. For vintage-style single-coils that tend to have huge high-end resonance and can get shrill, 250 K may be preferable.
For the capacitor used on the tone knob, the most common values are between .047μf and .022μf. See [http://www.seymourduncan.com/tonefiend/guitar/customize-your-caps/ this demo by Seymour Duncan] for audio examples.
===Treble Bleed===